Research Article
Prevalence, Correlates, and Perception of E-cigarettes among Undergraduate Students of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Distribution of background-related characteristics of study population.
| Variables | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| Age | | | 18-19 | 155 | 38.3 | 20-26 Mean : , range 18–26 | 250 | 61.7 | Sex | | | Male | 171 | 42.2 | Female | 234 | 57.8 | Religion | | | Hindu | 347 | 85.7 | Non-Hindu | 58 | 14.3 | Ethnicity | | | Brahmin/Chhetri | 213 | 52.6 | Others | 192 | 47.4 | Type of family | | | Nuclear | 271 | 66.9 | Joint | 134 | 33.1 | Family income (Rs) | | | Below 50,000 | 257 | 63.5 | Above 50,000 | 148 | 36.5 | Marital status of parents | | | Together | 373 | 92 | Separated/divorced/deceased | 32 | 8 | Educational status of father | | | Illiterate | 50 | 12.3 | Literate | 355 | 87.7 | Educational status of mother | | | Illiterate | 120 | 29.6 | Literate | 285 | 70.4 | Place of residence | | | City | 323 | 79.8 | Village | 82 | 20.2 | Older siblings | | | Yes | 275 | 67.9 | No | 130 | 32.1 | Number of close friends | | | 3 or less than 3 | 168 | 41.5 | More than 3 | 2377 | 58.5 |
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